Disaster du Jour

[Jenise]

So I'm making a large amount of a wine and beef broth reduction. I made one test batch, in which as soon as the two liquids were combined formed a layer of sticky, tarry goo that hardened into tiny pieces that looked like the ashes of a burned piece of paper that stuck to everything it touched: the bay leaves, the shallot halves, sides of the pan, stirring spoons and the strainer I tried to fish it out with.

I figured it must be some megapurple in the Cline Red Blend I was using for the wine. So I went to make another batch today. Same broth, different wine. Same thing happened. IT'S THE F-ING BROTH!

That is too freakin' weird, Jenise. I wonder what could be going on with that broth to produce such a result?

I'm thinking that the wine and broth should be reduced together, not separately reduced and then combined. That is, if that's the way you did it. If not, very weird.

That is so weird.

[Jenise]

I'm thinking that the wine and broth should be reduced together, not separately reduced and then combined. That is, if that's the way you did it. If not, very weird.

That is what I did, together.